Station-indicator



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STATION INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG'G, ma.

Patented June 1, 1920.

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STATiON INDICATOR- APPLICATION FILED Auma. 191s.

Patented June 1, 1920.

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J'ACOB L. GORE, OF HUGO, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-EALF TO JOI-IN M. 'WARREN,

OF HUGO, OKLAHOMA.

STATION JNDI CATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

' Application filed August 8, 1918. Serial No. 248,896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB L. Gonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hugo, in the county of Choctaw and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Station-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference generally to improvements in that class of inventions known as cards, pictures, and sign exhibiting, and more particularly relates to an improved station indicator.

The invention has for its principal aim and object to provide a device of the above mentioned character designed to be mounted at a convenient hei ht in the front part of a railroad coach or street-car to indicate to the passengers within the coach or car the next station at which the train or car will stop, also the number of miles traversed as well as the distance to the final destination or end of the route, and the time the coach or car is due to arrive at its final destination.

More particularly the present invention consists in the provision of a casing in which is mounted a manually operable apron upon which is successively printed the names of the several stations or stops as they occur, while cooperating with these names is a sight glass in the cover for the casing through which the names of the stations or stops are successively and independently visible from a point exteriorly of the casing and within the vision of the passengers in the coach or car.

It is a more specific object of this invention to provide improved tension rollers cooperating with the, apron and the main rollers for holding the apron. substantially taut and in close relation with the sight glass, in. the cover as the apron is being turned from one roller to the other and in addition insure of the proper winding of the apron about the main rollers.

It is an. additional object of this invention to provide a device of the above, mentioned character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efiiclent in its purpose and inexpensive 1n manufacture.

Other objectswill be in part obvious and in parthereinafter set forth.

Theinvention. accordingly consists in the features of construction, the combination of elements and the arrangement of parts which will be exemplified the construction here" inafte'r described and the scope of the application of'which will be indicated in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanylng drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation'of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section thereon.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the invention with the cover removed.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinally central sectional detail of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, there is provided a main casing indicated generally by the numeral 1 of a substantially rectan gular configuration comprising a bottom 2 from which project opposed side walls 3-in turn connected by a rear wall 4 and a top 5, the front of the casing being removably closed by a hinged cover 6. A partition 7 is mounted transversely in the casing near the bottom thereof, while suitably mounted be tween the bottom of the partition is a drawer 8 for containing miscellaneous articles.

With a view toward providing the improved indicating means there is mounted transversely of the casing and in the side walls 3, an upper main roller indicated generally by the numeral 9 and a lower main roller indicated generally by the numeral 10.- Each of these rollers are desirably formed of wood and have metallic trunnions 11 projecting from the ends thereof, the trunnions near one end are" journaled inbearings 12 secured to the inner surface of one of the side walls by suitable fasteners 18,while the opposed trunnions 17 are journaled through bearings 15 which are secured to' the opposite side wall 3 by suitable fasteners 16. Each bearing 15 is opposed to one of the bearings 12 and is secured across an opening in one of the side walls and it is in these openings that the projecting squared ends 18 of the trunnions 17 are positioned. An apron 19 is now provided and has its main portion windable about the rollers 9 and 10 and. its respective ends secured to these rollers, while arran ed transversely on the front face of the enter are indic'ia 2o indicative oft-he of the stations or stops glasses 28 and 2 1 through which the indicia 21 and 22 are respectively visible for indicating the number of miles between the station displayed andthe station at the end of the route as well as the station at the beginning of the route. The front face of the cover is provided directly beneath the sight glasses 23 and 24: with the word Miles, While also carried by the outer face of the cover beneath the words Miles' are brackets 23 in which are insertible cards 24' adapted to contain the words To Hugo and From Hope, slidable respectively in the brackets 23 beneath the glasses 24.

destination and is to return over the same Of course, when the train reaches its route, the cards with the words To Hope and From Hugo may be replaced by other cards having the words thereon To Hugo and From Hope, as is apparent. The words Next station is are printed or affixed to the front face of the cover near the top directly over the sight glass 23 for eooperating with the main indicia 20 which is indicative of the stations or stops along the route. A dial 25 is also mounted on the front face of the cover, while cooperating with the dial are hour and minute hands 26 which are designed to be manually adjusted with respect to the indicia on the dial for indicating the time which the train is due to reach the end of the route. Above the dial and on the front face of the cover may be'printed the words This train due.

lVith a view toward providing improved means for assuring of the maintenance of the apron in close relation to the inner surface of the cover as it is being operated idle rollers 27 and 28 have their respective ends journaled in the side walls in a position above and below the sight glass 23 the ar-- rangement being indicated in Fig. 2. To

assure of the proper winding of the apron by means of fasteners 35 and their outer curved portions yieldingly engaged against and has a portion thereof formed with a socket 37 for engagement with the reduced squared ends of either one of the trunnions 1 1 of the rollers 9,and 10. By the use of this key which is designed to be carried by one of the employees, either one of the rollers 9 and 10 may be rotated to cause the next station or stop at which the train will stop to be visible through the sight glass 23.

It is believed in view of the foregoing description that a further detailed description of the operation of the invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages of the invention will be readily apparent.

What is claimed is p A device for the purpose specified '6I11- bodying a main casing in the front face of wh1ch there is formed an opening, rotatably idle rollers disposed above and below the opening, upper and lower main rollers carried within the casing and disposed above and below the plane respectively of the two idle rollers, an apron traversing the idle rollers and passing before the said opening and Winding upon the two main rollers. means for rotating either main roller to move the apron'in one or the other direction, slotted brackets carried in the main casing on opposite sides of the latter and disposed one pair below the upper main roller and the other pair above the lower main roller, tension rollers ournaled in said slotted brackets and bearing upon those portions of the apron wound on the twosaid main rollers the slotted brackets providing for the movement of the axis of rotation of said tension rollers toward and away from the main rollers to provide for their increase in diameter due to the winding thereon of the apron, and arcuate leaf springs secured to the back walls of the casings and hearing upon the peripheries of the tension rollers at points diametrically opposite the main rollers to preclude too free movement of the tension rollers and to maintain them in contact with those parts of the apron on the main rollers. V

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JACOB L. Gone. 

